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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1908
Page
6
The editorial laments the city dusting method used on roadways, noting the dust suppression creates worse odor and living conditions. It criticizes the remedy as more harmful than the disease and calls for better street maintenance.
The House of Commons backed Mr John Redmond's home rule plan by 313 to 157, spotlighting it as the central issue ahead of the next general election. While direct legislation in this Parliament seems unlikely, the debate frames the Irish question and signals the radical shift toward full Irish legislative and executive control under imperial oversight.
The State Department provided all correspondence to Congress in the Venezuela controversy after Senator Lodge's resolution. The piece notes shifting decision power to the legislature, criticizes Venezuela's stance on courts, and questions options short of war, mentioning the 1902 blockade era and suggesting removal of President Castro as a remedy. It also blames the New York and Bermudez Asphalt Company for contributing to the crisis.
The analysis notes rough results from caucuses and the uncertain impact outside Massachusetts. It cites 32 uninstructed delegates and 42 contested seats nationwide with potential gains from Massachusetts party choices, while Chicago Convention allocations depend on the national committee under Roosevelt’s influence.
The piece notes a cleft within Massachusetts Republicans over Taft aligned delegates. If anti Taft forces gain a 12 vote majority, the 42 anti Taft delegates win seats while Taft supporters are shut out. Massachusetts Republicans watch as others decide the outcome with limited influence.
The Emperor awards the Grand Rising Sun to the murdered diplomat Durham White Stevens. Tokyo reports the Japanese government will pay his family 75000 dollars and the Corean government 25000 dollars as compensation.
In Vienna on March 31 the international chess tournament saw American Marshall lose to fellow American Johner. Schlechter of the host city remains in the lead.
Winnipeg city negotiations near closing for purchase of the Winnipeg Electric Railway Company assets, including street railway, electric light and power plant, transferring ownership to the city.
San Rafael March 31 Judge Ward McAllister son of the renowned New York society leader died here today from the effects of an operation for appendicitis.
A column mixes humor and letters from Boston about fashion and social quirks. It jokes about dangerous new spring hats and recalls exchanges with Newton Newkirk and Sam Dunbar as readers share tame banter and reflections on hair and mirrors.
A fragment shows a stenographer asking about the merry widow waltz and whether the subject wears brogans, reflecting a humorous office exchange and period phrasing.
A humorous column questions common usage about whether houses burn up or down and if birds sit down. The writer jokes about mental fog and commuting lapses from Atlantic Avenue to Newton, imagining an insanity commission taking them away.
A police call brings officers to a home where a woman relates how she restrained a burglar. She says she grabbed the intruder and, thinking he was her husband, she shut her eyes and imagined the danger as over. The description underscores a swift, domestic confrontation.
The Observant Citizen notes Ethel Barrymore will headline a benefit matinee at the Colonial Theatre on Thursday afternoon for the Children's Aid Society with her sister and Vincent Club ushers. Charles Johman Rich Harris donate the theatre free for the event.
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